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单词 reprove
释义

reprovev.1

Brit. /rᵻˈpruːv/, U.S. /rəˈpruv/, /riˈpruv/
Forms:

α. Middle English repreeve, Middle English repref, Middle English repreoue, Middle English repreove, Middle English repreuve, Middle English reprewe, Middle English repreyue, Middle English reproef, Middle English reproeue, Middle English reproeve, Middle English–1500s reprefe, Middle English–1600s repreeue, Middle English–1600s repreue, Middle English–1600s repreve, late Middle English repreuyed (past tense, perhaps transmission error), late Middle English repriue, late Middle English repryve, late Middle English reypreve, late Middle English–1500s repryue, late Middle English–1600s reprive, 1600s reprieve; Scottish pre-1700 rapref, pre-1700 rapreiff, pre-1700 rapreue, pre-1700 rapreve, pre-1700 raprew, pre-1700 repref, pre-1700 repreif, pre-1700 repreife, pre-1700 repreiff, pre-1700 repreue, pre-1700 repreve, pre-1700 repreviffe (transmission error), pre-1700 reprew, pre-1700 reprive; N.E.D. (1906) also records forms Scottish pre-1700 rapreif, pre-1700 reprief.

β. Middle English reprofe, Middle English reproffe, Middle English reproof, Middle English reprouve, Middle English reprowe, Middle English reprufe, Middle English repruue, Middle English–1600s reprooue, Middle English–1600s reproove, Middle English–1600s reproue, Middle English– reprove; Scottish pre-1700 raproue, pre-1700 rapruf, pre-1700 reprof, pre-1700 reproff, pre-1700 reproif, pre-1700 reproue, pre-1700 reprowe, pre-1700 repruf, pre-1700 reprufe, pre-1700 repruff, pre-1700 repruif, pre-1700 repruiff, pre-1700 repruwe, pre-1700 repruyff, pre-1700 reprwfe, pre-1700 1700s– reprove.

γ. Scottish pre-1700 reprw.

δ. Scottish 1800s repree.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French reprover, reprouver, repreuver.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman reprover, repruver (as past participle also reprevé) and Middle French reprouver (in inflected forms with root-stress repreuve-), (rare) repreuver (French réprouver ) to criticize (something to the person one holds accountable for it) (c1100 in Old French), to disapprove of, reject, condemn (something) (12th cent.), to scold, revile (someone) (12th cent.), to accuse (early 14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman), to refute (mid 14th cent.) < classical Latin reprobāre reprobate v. Compare Old Occitan reproar , reprovar (13th cent.), Catalan reprovar (14th cent.), Spanish reprobar , †reprovar (14th cent.), Portuguese reprovar (14th cent.), Italian riprovare (a1306 as reprovare ). Compare reproof n.1On the form history compare discussion at prove v. With the δ. forms compare pree v.
1.
†a. transitive. To taunt, mock (a person); to reproach; to revile. Occasionally with of. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)]
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atwiteOE
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twit1530
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taunt1560
upbray1581
improperate1623
betwit1661
to jack up1896
?1316 [implied in: Short Metrical Chron. (Royal) 850 in J. Ritson Anc. Eng. Metrical Romanceës (1802) II. 305 Bituene Edrich ant the kyng Aros a repreosing [read repreofing; c1330 Auch. sturbling]. (at reproving n.)].
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xvii. 26 Þis philistee vncircumcidid..reproueþ [a1425 L.V. dispiside; L. exprobravit] þe sheltromes of þe god lyuynge.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 135 Me repreved [L. insultatur] Silvestre, and [he] seide: ‘It is nouȝt Goddis name þat he haþ i-nempned.’
a1450 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Lamb.) (1887) i. 11665 (MED) Þey repreue [?a1400 Petyt vpbraide] vs of our auncessours, Þat þey ouer-cam þem wyþ harde stours.
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 540 Sir Palomydes wolde repreve sir Trystram of olde hate betwyxt them, and ever sir Trystram spake fayre.
a1500 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 369 Þouȝ eny man sterre þe to wraþe..þouȝ he repreue þee..be þou stylle.
1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xii. f. 34v Suche as were riche, did reproue his pouertie and base estate.
b. transitive. To rebuke, reprimand, or blame (a person). Frequently with for (also †of).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)]
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threapc897
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castea1200
chaste?c1225
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chastya1300
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rebukec1330
snuba1340
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chastisea1375
arate1377
challenge1377
undertake1377
reprehenda1382
repreync1390
runta1398
snapea1400
underfoc1400
to call to account1434
to put downc1440
snebc1440
uptakec1440
correptc1449
reformc1450
reprise?c1450
to tell (a person) his (also her, etc.) own1450
control1451
redarguec1475
berisp1481
to hit (cross) one over (of, on) the thumbs1522
checkc1530
admonish1541
nip1548
twig?1550
impreve1552
lesson1555
to take down1562
to haul (a person) over the coals1565
increpate1570
touch1570
school1573
to gather up1577
task1580
redarguate?1590
expostulate1592
tutor1599
sauce1601
snip1601
sneap1611
to take in tax1635
to sharp up1647
round1653
threapen1671
reprimand1681
to take to task1682
document1690
chapter1693
repulse1746
twink1747
to speak to ——1753
haul1795
to pull up1799
carpet1840
rig1841
to talk to1860
to take (a person) to the woodshed1882
rawhide1895
to tell off1897
to tell (someone) where he or she gets off1900
to get on ——1904
to put (a person) in (also into) his, her place1908
strafe1915
tick1915
woodshed1935
to slap (a person) down1938
sort1941
bind1942
bottle1946
mat1948
ream1950
zap1961
elder1967
α.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 383 Herodes..repreved [?a1475 anon. tr. rebukenge; L. inproperante] hym..for þe good þat he hadde i-doo hym.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 5064 (MED) Of thilke wickednesse Which was unto hire bodi wroght..the world ne schal Reproeven hire.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 261 (MED) God in þe gospel grymly repreueth Alle þat lakken any lyf and lakkes han hem-selue.
a1450 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1931) 159 90 (MED) Þe ryche men ar belefyd; Þe pore men are reprefyd.
1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton 4 Of Saynt Ambrose that repreuyed openly themperour of his synne.
1531 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hist. & Chron. Scotl. (1935) I. 370 Colgerne, Prince of Northummerland, on ane swift geldin to þe Pichtis, reprevand þame of þair vnfaithfull mynde.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xv. 97 Thou repreifis & accusis me of the faltis that my tua brothir committis daly.
1580 P. Hume Promine sig. D4v Gif thow be euill, thow will be wors repreuit.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. vi. sig. R4 Not suffering the least twinckling sleepe to start Into her eye,..But if the least appear'd, her eyes she streight reprieued . View more context for this quotation
1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. xxi. iii. 278 A young gentleman..destroyed a swallow's nest, pretending to them that repreved him..that the little bird accused him for killing his Father.
β. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) xlix. 9 (MED) Y ne shal nouȝt repruue [L. arguam] þe in þy sacrifices.a1425 Dialogue Reason & Adversity (Cambr.) (1968) 19 (MED) Esaw..was reproued of god for his juel leuynge.?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 70 Me thoȝt grete schame þat Sarzenes..schuld þus reproue vs of oure inperfiteness.?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) i. xx. f. 13 (MED) Þis Pharisee..reprouede in his herte þe publican whilk was iustified of god.a1500 (?c1425) Speculum Sacerdotale (1936) 10 (MED) Wycked men by auctorite of scriptures he reproved for here mysbeleve.1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 729 Reproouing and reuiling him with such yll wordes..that all the hearers abhorred it.1608 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) II. 542 The Deuill..reprovet..Beigis Tod verrie scherplie, for hir lang tayreing.1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 761 What if thy Son Prove disobedient, and reprov'd retort, Wherefore didst thou beget me? View more context for this quotation1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. iv. 97 Others suggest, that Noah having reprov'd and reproach'd Canaan for some Crime,..the Devil took hold of his Resentment.1777 H. L. Piozzi Diary Dec. in K. C. Balderston Thraliana (1942) I. 220 A Gentleman..was reproving his Son for relating some story..which he had read in the Newspaper.1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xix. i, in Maud & Other Poems 62 Was it gentle to reprove her?1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. i. iii. 33 You praise—reprove us, It does n't move us.1936 E. Goudge City of Bells iii. 78 Henrietta, during lunch, had to be reproved three times by Grandmother for bolting her food.1997 J. Coe House of Sleep (1998) iii. 40 She had bitterly reproved her best friend Angela for failing to meet her at a prearranged time.γ. 1832 W. Scott Poems 132 Lat ony ane speak out that kens, I'll be repree'd.
†c. transitive. To accuse (a person) (of something); to charge; to convict. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > charge, accuse, or indict [verb (transitive)]
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forwrayOE
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indict1303
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raign?a1425
to put upa1438
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prosecute1579
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to have up1605
reprosecute1622
tainta1625
criminatea1646
affect1726
to pull up1799
rap1904
run1909
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (transitive)]
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convincea1535
cast1536
convanquish1540
deprehend1598
forejudge1603
do1819
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) 2 Esdras vi. 13 I shulde..synnyn; and thei myȝte han euel, that thei repreue to me [a1425 L.V. putte to me with schenschip; L. exprobrarent mihi].
a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 3722 (MED) Þou for wraþþe madyst chydyng, Or repreuedyst a man of vyle þyng.
a1425 (?a1400) G. Chaucer Romaunt Rose (Hunterian) (1891) l. 1135 He wende to haue reproued be Of theft or moordre.
?c1430 (c1400) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 30 Crist seiþ to þe iewis, ‘Who of ȝou schal repreue me of synne?’
a1450 York Plays (1885) 315 (MED) Oure poynte expresse her reproues þe, Of felonye.
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Rawl.) (1974) 202 (MED) Lo, here the dissolucions which thou reprevst vs of.
1569 A. Golding tr. N. Hemmingsen Postill (new ed.) f. 156v Howe true this is, they beare witnesse, whome Peter reproueth of murther in the seconde of the Actes.
1685 J. Jackson et al. Annot. Holy Bible II. (1 John viii. 9) These Accusers Consciences were to them as a thousand Witnesses; they were reproved and Convicted by them.
2. intransitive. To express disapproval; to employ reprehension or rebuke.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)]
reprovec1330
sniba1400
reprehend?a1439
expostulate1574
to rap (a person) on the knuckles (also fingers)1584
give it1594
reprimand1681
to pin a person's ears back1861
yell1886
to jump down a person's throat1916
to chew (a person's) ass1946
to slap (a person) down1960
c1330 [implied in: Short Metrical Chron. (Auch.) l. 1100 in PMLA (1931) 46 130/2 Ȝif arthour þe king Makeþ eni reproueing, Wiþ bateyle strong y schal him ȝeld. (at reproving n.)].
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Prov. xxv. 10 Lest perauenture he asaile to thee, whan he shal heren, and to repreuen [L. exprobrare] cese not.
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) v. 84 Thocht we slepand slew thaim all Repruff [1487 St. John's Cambr. Repreif vs] thar-off na man sall.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xiii. 6 Thaire mouth is ay redy to missay and reproue and to manaunce.
1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 29 Al the writ quhilk is inspirit be the halie Gaist is profetabil to tech, to reprw, to correk.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Tim. iv. 2 Reprooue, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering & doctrine. View more context for this quotation
1678 R. Allestree Lively Oracles vi. 170 The Lord in the Gospel checks and reproves.
1711 J. Jackson Grounds & Occasions Mens Offences against Clergy 17 They [sc. the clergy] have most solemnly oblig'd themselves..to preach the Word,..exhorting, reproving and rebuking.
1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women I. i. 35 Reprove only when you must.
1821 P. B. Shelley Epipsychidion 31 The troop which errs, and which reproves.
1876 M. E. Braddon Joshua Haggard's Daughter I. 11 He came to the water-side tavern to reprove and exhort.
1918 Catholic World Oct. 2 In the Old Testament angels are represented..as messengers of God sent to earth to guide, instruct, reprove and console.
2008 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 Oct. ar4 A mother looking to her children for approval will lack the inner strength needed to admonish, to reprove, to love by withholding approval.
†3.
a. transitive. To reject; to forsake or cast aside. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject
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forwerpeOE
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nillOE
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to put abacka1382
to throw awaya1382
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to put awaya1387
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repelc1443
flemea1450
to put backa1500
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refutea1513
repulse1533
refel1548
repudiate1548
disallowa1555
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overrule1578
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check1601
decard1605
dismiss1608
reprobate1609
devow1610
retorta1616
disclaimc1626
noforsootha1644
respuate1657
reluctate1668
negative1778
no-ball1862
basket1867
to set one's foot down1873
not to have any (of it, that, this)1895
to put down1944
eighty-six1959
neg1987
c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) cxvii. 20 (MED) Þe stone which þe biggand reproued [L. reprobaverunt]..is made oȝain þe heried [read heued] of þe corner.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Isa. vii. 16 Er the child kunne repreuen [L. reprobare] euel, and chesen good, the lond shal be forsaken.
c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 51 Platon brent and reproved the bookes of enchauntementis.
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Psalter (Univ. Oxf. 64) (1884) xx. 12 Thou sall put thaim..amange the deuels of hell, the whilke thou has forsakyn and reproued.
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. vi. 8 That grounde which beareth thornes and bryars is reproved and is nye vnto cursynge.
1547 Queen Katherine Parr Lamentacion of Synner sig. E.viiiv It seameth to them god is parciall, because he hath elected sum, and sum reproued.
1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies ii. xii. 109 I am almost ready to follow the opinion of such as reproove the qualities..which Aristotle gives vnto the Elements, saying they are but imaginations.
1647 Test. Twelve Patriarchs sig. L2 He shall reprove Israel among the chosen of the Gentiles.
1777 R. H. Christian Disc. I. 248 Only four persons were saved; the rest, being all reproved on account of their horrid excesses and most unnatural crimes.
b. transitive. Scottish. To set aside as invalid. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity
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reduce1498
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defease1512
denulla1513
disannula1513
fordoa1513
avoid1514–5
abrogate?1520
frustrate1528
revert1528
disaffirm?1530
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extinguish1548
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irritate1605
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invalid1643
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unlaw1644
outlaw1647
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vacuate1654
supersedec1674
destroy1805
break1891
1479 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 41/2 Ay & quhill, þe said letter vnder þe said thomas forbas sele be Repreifit, & decernit of na vale.
1480 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 52/1 Þat þe saidis provost chanonis & chapelanis sall brouke & Joyse þe said landis..quhil þe said lettre be Repreifit & declarit of na vale.
†4. transitive. To impair, diminish, lessen. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)]
littleeOE
anitherOE
wanzelOE
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slakea1300
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reprovea1382
abatea1398
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subtlea1398
alaskia1400
forlyten?a1400
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diminish1417
repress?a1425
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scarcec1440
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underslakec1440
alessa1450
debate?c1450
batec1460
decreasec1470
appetisse1474
alow1494
mince1499
perswage?1504
remita1513
inless?1521
attenuate1530
weaken1530
defray1532
mitigate1532
minorate1534
narrow?1548
diminuec1550
extenuate1555
amain1578
exolve1578
base1581
dejecta1586
amoinder1588
faint1598
qualify1604
contract1605
to pull down1607
shrivel1609
to take down1610
disaugment1611
impoverish1611
shrink1628
decoct1629
persway1631
unflame1635
straiten1645
depress1647
reduce1649
detract1654
minuate1657
alloy1661
lower?1662
sinka1684
retreat1690
nip1785
to drive down1840
minify1866
to knock down1867
to damp down1869
scale1887
mute1891
clip1938
to roll back1942
to cut back1943
downscale1945
downrate1958
slim1963
downshift1972
a1382 Prefatory Epist. St. Jerome in Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) v. l. 3 I sall lesen, he seyþ, þe wisdome of wyse men, & þe prudence of prudent men I schall reprouen.
a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 14v Circumscribo, to dampnen, repreue, or streyne.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 430 Reprevyn.., deprehendo.
a1450 St. Katherine (Richardson 44) (1884) 35 (MED) I schalt reproue the vnderstondyng of hem þat vnderstonde.
1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. Argt. 403 Hee sheweth that his loue is so farre from being reproued, that it is augmented.
1590 H. Barrow & J. Greenwood Coll. Sclaunderous Articles G ij b This is hit that..maketh all the syluer saints..to bestur them, least their portions should be reproued; They would gladly haue their portions improued.
5. transitive. To express disapproval of (conduct, an action, a belief, etc.); to censure, condemn.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > dispraise or discommend [verb (transitive)] > censure or condemn
bidemea1200
convictc1366
reprovea1382
damnc1386
condemna1400
deema1400
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judgec1400
reprehendc1400
reproacha1475
reprobate?a1475
arguec1475
controlc1525
twit1543
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tax1569
traduce1581
carp1591
censure1605
convince?1606
syndic1609
syndicate1610
to check at1642
reprimand1660
impeach1813
to stroke over1822
α.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Job v. 17 The blamyng of the Lord ne repreue [L. reprobes] thou. For he woundeth, and lecheth; smyteth, and his hondis shuln helen.
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iii. 1274 (MED) The will..Whos werkes that the god reproeveth, I have restreigned.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. 138 (MED) Patriarkes and prophetes repreued her science And seiden her wordes ne her wisdomes but a folye.
?c1430 (c1383) J. Wyclif Eng. Wks. (1880) 9 (MED) Þei haten..trewe men to techen frely holy writt and repreuen synne.
a1500 tr. A. Chartier Traité de l'Esperance (Rawl.) (1974) 30 (MED) How may a man repreve theffecte that cannat vndirstonde the preef nor þe cause?
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid i. Prol. 106 My werk or ȝe repreif Considdir it warlie, reid oftair than anis.
1567 R. Sempill Deeclaratioun Lordis Iust Quarrell (single sheet) Quhat preachour this repreif, I pray ȝow, durst?
a1586 King Hart l. 128 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 258 For wes þair nocht..That no man micht the poynting of ane prene Repreve.
β. c1450 Speculum Christiani (Harl. 6580) (1933) 136 I, ferynge the multitude of my wyckednesse, haue drede to reproue [1425 Lansd. reprehendere] trespaces of othyr men.1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton F viij Tho ben fooles that blamen and reprouen the tyme, sayeng that the tyme is cause of theyr sekenesse.a1500 (c1477) T. Norton Ordinal of Alchemy (BL Add.) (1975) 443 (MED) Such arte of multipliyng is to be reprovid, But holy Alchymye of right is to be louyd.1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 36v If he come to our stall, & reprooue our ballaunce when they are faultie.1615 J. Stephens Satyrical Ess. 20 Envy loves That humor best, which bitterly reproves All states.1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner 58 I do not utterly reprove the graffing of the wood though but of one year.1700 in H. Paton Rothesay Parish Rec. (1931) 134 [They are to] reprove any breach of Sabbath or smaller indecencies they can find.1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 169 He tried each art, reproved each dull delay.1820 P. B. Shelley Fiordispina 40 Lulled by the voice they love, which did reprove The childish pity that she felt for them.1860 S. Hopkins Puritans II. xi. 285 His preaching was characterized by the marvellous boldness with which he reproved the Precisianism of the Establishment.1904 Smart Set Jan. 41/1 If he had met with reproving angels earlier in his career, doubtless there would have been less in that career to reprove.1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 3 Dec. 32/2 Just the sort of thing that would arouse the women in the family to reprove excesses of boyish spleen.
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a. transitive. To rebut or contradict (an idea, statement, etc.); to prove (something) to be false or erroneous; to disprove. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > by proving error or weakness
reprovea1398
falsifyc1449
enervate1565
convince1583
disprove1584
imposture1622
distest1647
disauthenticate1658
convict1717
negative1790
unsubstantiate1799
to show up1893
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. xi. ii. 570 Aristotel repreueþ [L. arguit] þis discripcioun.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. 345 Contra..bi cryste þat can I repreue [c1400 A text wisse; v.r. wiþsay], And preue it bi Peter.
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) ii. pr. vi. l. 1447 Ȝe han ioye to clepen þinges wiþ fals[e] names..þe whiche names ben ful ofte reproued [L. redarguuntur] by þe effect of þe same þinges.
c1450 tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) (1869) 49 (MED) Thow..seist j haue falsed and repreved thi gretteste principle.
a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 23 This fals and subtil opynioun of Arestotill I haue..reprevit in the secund buk of the sentens.
1538 J. Bale Tragedye Promyses God ii All thys is true, Lorde, I cannot thy wordes reprove.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 40 Reproue my allegation, if you can, Or else conclude my words effectuall. View more context for this quotation
1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 21 This confident Assertion of Des Cartes is fully examined and reproved by..Mr. Boyl.
1763 Disc. Freedom of Thinking in Relig. xi. 239 A testimony, which we all use as an argument to reprove the Mahometan superstition.
b. transitive. To refute or contradict (a person); to prove (a person) wrong. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)]
answerOE
bitavelena1225
allayc1275
confoundc1384
concludea1400
conclusea1400
forblenda1400
gainsaya1400
rejag1402
to bear downc1405
redarguea1425
repugn?a1425
reverse?c1430
improvec1443
reprovea1513
dissolve1529
revince1529
convince1530
confute1533
refel1534
refute1545
void1570
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to take off1618
unbubblea1640
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remove1652
retund1653
effronta1657
dispute1659
unreason1661
have1680
demolish1691
to blow sky-high1819
a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1965) II. 107 And Arestotil reprevit almaist all the philosophouris that was befor him.
1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 101 Men in this vocatioun..suld..be..potent to repreue and conuict the gainsayaris of the samin.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. ix. 42 b Where he sayth the second to lye on the North part, he may by the view & eisight onely be reproued, being in deed towards the East.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvi. xxxi Deceived they are, and may be reproved by the instance of fig-trees.
1660 E. Burrough Vindic. of Quakers 4 Returning plain and sober Answer to the principal parts of his Book, wherein we are..falsly charged;..for the end that the false Accuser may be reproved.
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